---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to partnerships between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and nonprofit entities to promote hunting and fishing by certain veterans."
description: "Relating to partnerships between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and nonprofit entities to promote hunting and fishing by certain veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1728"
citation: "Texas HB 1728 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (V1564)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Guillen", "Perry", "Smithee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0dc3500-7b35-40a6-bd5e-34cb875efa89"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1728.xml"
source_hash: "f378812ba47085a3b2ac2aa9f5c57acacfb98e17791e8b7e84b3e9d75c86ff4c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 1728 (87) — Relating to partnerships between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and nonprofit entities to promote hunting and fishing by certain veterans.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01728I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01728E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01728H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01728S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01728F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0dc3500-7b35-40a6-bd5e-34cb875efa89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).